On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 09:32:47PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > > My analysis was wrong. It actually does access the network but *if* it > > is able the build breaks (as well as the attempt to load the library in > > R). I guess there are good chances that the build would have worked if > > network access is not possible because there is a timeout defined after > > that the version check (which causes the failure) is interupted. > > > IMO an attempt to use the network during the package build is a no-no...
Do you honestly assume that all the x-1000 packages will fullfill this criterion. IMHO the criterion needs to be: The package build process should not lead to a different result if the machine that builds the package is connected to the network or not. For r-cran-genabel this is fullfilled because the problem occurs in the testing phase and as I said there is a fallback to work if there is no network connection. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org